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Newspaper
Freeport Weekly Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1871
Page
1
The notice requests farmers of Stephenson County to certify a document or statement written by farmers. It asks for verification and mentions publication on one side of the paper. The exact purpose and authority are unclear due to damaged text.
The Damasgus Farmers Club reports a year of general prosperity with rising aimbership and well attended meetings. Members discussed corn and soil, clover, hogs, grain, manures, weather, education, and farm economy while ladies covered household economy and health. The Second annual Dinner and Fair on September 29 drew wide attendance, with improved exhibits and support from the Agricultural Department in Washington.
A country correspondent recommends cleanliness pure air and good food as the best preventives for hog cholera. Coal-tar charcoal or carbolic acid are valuable protectants or treatments. Anemetic white hellebore may be used if outbreak occurs. A contemporaneous note suggests boiling onions or cabbage with a dish of vinegar to counteract odors.
A mosaic of rural observations notes high demand for grafts of Russian apples from St. Petersburg, pumpkin yields near Edinburg Indiana, salt water cleaning ticks in bags, and artichoke curing. It also covers manure dumping practices, hog health remedies, broom-corn land quality, and the wide potato and apple crops with prices and regional quotes.
Instructions from the American Stock Journal describe using a foot strap and fore foot tether to stop a horse quickly. The method involves pulling the strap to throw the horse onto its three feet, then using a head harness and foot-strap to teach steadiness, with jerks and noise to reinforce staying until told to move.
A historical agricultural admonition outlines seven costly farmer faults. It urges timely sowing and planting, sheltering tools and equipment, reading the plough before it breaks, resisting frivolous auctions, repairing fences to keep out stray cattle, and giving fruit trees proper care to ensure production. The tone mirrors a didactic periodical’s moral instruction to rural readers.
The Dead Letter office is a curious branch of government. The piece notes the negligence leading to over fourteen million letters mailed with no address in a year. It highlights money and drafts totaling about 108 million dollars present in misdirected mail and how much was recovered when letters were opened at the Dead Letter office.
A scattered collage of quips, anecdotes, and linguistic quirks features mentions of Yale, a cider mill, and a court scene. Snippets recount jokes about dueling with strychnine, misused words, ethnic jests, and a Green Mountain lad in Montreal seeking work, with brief flashes of local color and a pastor’s quip.
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